摘要 |
An audio data distribution apparatus includes a central computer that disseminates specially formatted audio data to a local computer for transfer to and use on an audio data player. The invention includes a method for distributing audio data including a data collection process, a data distribution process, and a data selection and playing process. In the data collection process, a plurality of text articles are converted into audio data and formatted for storage on a plurality of additional data storage tracks. From this data, an audio table of contents is generated which describes the information within the audio data, the audio table of contents being formatted for storage on a first data storage track. In the data distribution process, the audio data and the audio table of contents are then downloaded to a digital storage disk. The user then plays the digital storage disk in an audio data player to listen first to the audio table of contents and then to selected audio data.
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